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6 Cricket Betting Rules All Beginners Should Follow

Betting is popular in all parts of the globe, isn’t it? That is probably one of the reasons why you wanted to try out this cool activity. However, as you can see, most people bet on sports such as tennis, soccer/football, and basketball. But, no one says that you need to be the same as others. Instead of that, you can try to bet on some other sports that may not be the most popular ones in all parts of the world. As you could guess from the title of the article, we are talking here about cricket.

Cricket is the most popular sport in the South-East part of Asia. However, you will also find its followers and fans in the remaining part of the world. Watching a game of cricket becomes much more entertaining if you bet on the games. Despite that, supporting your favorite club can even bring you money if you know how to bet.

Well, the last sentence is actually the reason why you should continue reading this article. Betting on cricket is not as easy as it seems. You will have to follow a couple of betting rules to reach the goal that you have. Despite that, as a beginner, you need to be patient! Over time, your skills will improve, but something like that won’t happen tomorrow either next week.

Anyway, if you are ready to be patient, let’s find out those betting rules together!

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Start With the Basics

Okay, the first piece of advice may sound a bit cliche, but it is essential to mention it. All the beginners need to start with the basics which mean they need to understand all the betting options they have. The betting options are usually the same from one bookmaker to another. However, it may happen that you meet certain combinations of two or more options which may confuse you.

Despite that, it is good to get familiar with the odds. Just because a certain odd can bring you a lot of money, that doesn’t mean you should bet on it. The purpose of betting is not to become rich – your first goal needs to be to boost your intuition as well as betting skills.

Get Familiar with the Form of the Teams and Players

If you follow cricket for a long time, then you are probably familiar with the strongest teams in different leagues. Yet, you are not always going to bet on the strongest one. Despite that, even the most powerful teams have ups and downs during the season. These are all details that you need to put into consideration as a bettor.

That is the reason why we said that you need to find out more about the form. There are certain players that are often pretty good, but in the last couple of games, they are not as good as usual. Because of that, the performance of the entire team also reduced a little. That imaginary team could be the champion of the previous season. Despite that, it can also happen the team is in the top 3 places on the list. But, if their form is not good, it can be pretty risky to bet on it, even if the odd is attractive.

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You Have to Bet with Certain Strategy

Well, betting without a good strategy will rarely or never bring you anything. You can try to count on luck, but even if you get lucky once or twice, you won’t get lucky all the time. Besides, people often start to believe in luck too much. Because of that, they start to raise their bets without an appropriate strategy which usually leads to major financial losses. That is something you would want to avoid, isn’t it?

Anyway, there are two types of cricket betting that you need to know about. They are – accumulators and tip-offs. Let’s describe accumulators first.

Accumulator betting is actually a bit more popular compared to the other type. Many experienced bettors will consider it the easiest way to earn some money. With this gambling strategy, your task is not to predict the winner or two of the cricket matches. Instead of that, your duty will be to choose a bigger number of games that you think will end up the way you imagined. Logically, when you choose a bigger number of teams, the odds will be bigger. On the other hand, the income you could potentially earn will be smaller if you play a smaller number of teams.

Tip-off betting is different. It probably isn’t as popular as accumulator betting. However, there is a good reason why it deserves your attention. With this betting strategy, you are actually investing the same amount of money on the exact same winner. You can, for instance, try to predict the best batsman, best bowler, or wicket-keeper.

Something special about tipping is the fact that you do not have to place a bet before the game starts. You can also do that during the game. Live betting can be ideal but only do that if you are watching the game on TV and following all the details of the game.

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Organize Your Budget Properly

This is a universal piece of advice for all the bettors that are starting their betting journey. You have to organize your budget properly. Betting is an activity that needs to bring entertainment to your life. If you start to spend more than you can afford, it will only bring additional problems.

Compare Different Cricket Bookmakers

Most bookmakers will allow you to bet on different cricket teams and matches. Yet, there are certain betting sites that are only focused on cricket games. It may be good to chase them as they would give you better odds and offers.

Anyway, when you start looking for an online bookmaker, compare a couple of them. Check out which offers they provide, and where you can make money the most. With a good betting strategy and attractiveness, your chances to earn a bit more money will grow.

Educate Yourself Online

Education is essential for all beginners. It is important that you analyze your own mistakes and turn them into valuable lessons. When you do a wrong thing once, then there is a big chance you would not do it once again, right?

However, education needs to come from external sources as well. More precisely, it is in your best interest to collect tips from experienced cricket bettors and try to improve your winning chances that way. You may want to check out CricTips.com after reading this article and check out the analysis of different matches. In case you don’t want to apply their pieces of advice, you can at least check out how the analysis should be made.

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